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Dax Shepard

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Dax Randall Shepard (born January 2, 1975) is an American actor.
Dax Shepard

Shepard at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City
BornDax Randall Shepard
January 2, 1975 
(age 35)
Milford, Michigan, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present
Hailing from a small town outside of Detroit, Mich., DAXSHEPARDhoned his skills as an actor and comedian with the much-celebratedimprov troupe The Groundlings while earning an anthropology degree fromUCLA. Shortly thereafter, he found himself in the spotlight when helanded a role as himself in the inaugural season of MTV’swildlypopular celebrity-prank series “Punk’d.”As theshow’s original master of disguise, he created a barrage ofcharacters in an effort to disguise himself to the audience and theshow’s increasingly savvy celebrity targets.

Background

Shepard was born in Milford, Michigan, and attended Muir Junior High and Walled Lake Central High School, before enrolling in The Groundlings school. He later received a degree in anthropology at UCLA. He is currently also engaged to actress Kristen Bell
[edit]Career

Shepard was an actor on Punk'd with Ashton Kutcher. In 2006, Shepard appeared opposite Dane Cook and Jessica Simpson in the comedy Employee of the Month. During the same time, Shepard began appearing in more film roles, and starred his first main character role in Let's Go to Prison alongside Will Arnett. He also had a major role in Baby Mama. Shepard wrote the script for the Paramount venture Get 'em Wet, in which he again appeared with Arnett. He was also starred in the 2010 movie, When in Rome. He is now one of the main characters in the NBC show, Parenthood, playing Crosby Braverman.


Personal life

Shepard races motorcycles at Buttonwillow Raceway, including his Ducati Hypermotard 1100S and Suzuki GSX-R1000.
He has been dating Kristen Bell since 2007. As of January 2010, he and Bell are engaged.
Shepard donates much of his time to the Hollenbeck Youth Center, an after-school program that provides opportunity to at-risk inner-city youth. He has served as their official Master of Ceremonies, along with his friend Tom Arnold, for the Inner-City Games and Hollenbeck Youth Center's Miracle on 1st Street Toy Giveaway Program in East Los Angeles.


Filmography

Hairshirt (1998) as Vomiter at Party (as Dax Sheppard)
Punk'd (TV Series) (2003) as Ashton Kutcher's minion (field agent)
Cheaper by the Dozen (2003) as Camera Crew Member
Without a Paddle (2004) as Tom Marshall
Sledge: The Untold Story (2005) as SFX Coordinator
Zathura (2005) as older Walter
My Name is Earl (TV series) (2005)
Robot Chicken (2009) Blitzen / Pickles / Ironhide / Human Torch (2 episodes)
Employee of the Month (2006) as Vince Downey
Idiocracy (2006) as Frito Pendejo
Let's Go to Prison (2006) as John Lyshitski
King of the Hill (TV series) (2006)
The Comebacks (2007) as the hometown Sheriff
Knocked Up (2007) as Himself (uncredited)
Baby Mama (2008) as Carl
Smother (2008) as Noah Cooper
Confessions of an Action Star (2008) as Bucky
Boobies in Space (2008) as Joey the Plumber in Space
Old Dogs (2009) as Gary (uncredited)
Parenthood (TV series) (2010) as Crosby
When in Rome (2010) as Gale

(source:wikipedia)

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